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UnitedHealth Group Senior Data Engineering Lead - Azure, Spark, Databricks using Scala or Python in Hyderabad, India
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Primary Responsibilities:
Work with solution architects and other software engineers to evaluate functional and non-functional requirements and deliver creative, high-quality solutions
Design, develop, test and maintain data intensive applications including ETL, relational and non-relational data storage, APIs, UI and data application development
Follow and improve on processes for continuous delivery and DevOps within your team
Build and main configuration management and automation tools, deployment strategies/processes, monitoring tools
Collaborate on quality strategies that ensure our data platform is correct, resilient, scalable and secure
Participate in and provide input for system analysis, design walkthroughs and code reviews
Participate in defect review and triage
Adhere to design/coding standards and constantly improve the way we build and deliver software
Technical analysis of existing reporting solutions to identify opportunities for improvement both from a best practice and quality/ performance improvement perspective
Drive continuous improvement and automation solutions and processes
Maintain the production products, solutions, documentation, and environments to ensure optimal health, including resolving production issues and responding quickly to priority problems
Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
Required Qualifications:
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
12+ years of professional front-end/back-end development & tech lead experience
Experienced in Software Engineering practices like Reliability Engineering, Deployment planning, Fault Tolerant architecture, Test Automation
Technical Skills:
Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)
Hands on with Data Engineering (Azure, Spark, Databricks using Scala/Python & Data Factory)
Exposure with Power BI (any other front end tool/application)
Solution Architecture: Design, implement and integrate with required data security
Ability to ensure cross-browser compatibility and optimize applications for performance and scalability
Ability to design, develop, and maintain server-side applications and services
Ability to work with databases (SQL or NoSQL) to manage and query data efficiently
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and testing automation
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Experience with Azure Data Engineering Certifications
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools
Familiarity with DevOps practices and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
Collaboration: Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across different teams and stakeholders
Proven problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.